SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee I always knew this day would come eventually. I always had it in the back of my mind that it wouldn’t be any time soon. It has taken me three weeks, but I have finally come to grips with it. This is a story about a pet. His […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee The weather has warmed, the snow is melting and the streams are bustling with activity as the spring runoff is in full swing. On a recent trip to Vermont, my wife and I saw many streams along the route swelling their banks and looking primed for brook trout […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee Walking through the woods following a snowfall can show evidence of many wildlife tracks. One that I saw recently was that of the Eastern Cottontail rabbit. The Eastern Cottontail, Salvilagus floridanus, is actually a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee Like I do every Saturday morning during the winter, I stand at my kitchen window, while I’m waiting for the Keurig to brew my first cup of coffee, and watch the bird feeders. The usual cast of characters come and go. However, last Saturday, I caught a glimpse […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee “You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road; You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road, stinkin’ to high heaven.” Those lyrics to the song by Loudon Wainwright III tend to speak the truth […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee According to the calendar, spring is about 10 days away, as of this writing. Many people, as of late, have been telling me about robin sightings – a sure sign of spring. But… is that a fact or a myth? Let’s explore. The American robin, Turdus migratorius, is […]
by Roland D. Hallee My wife purchased a new bird feeder for our home. The old one had kind of played out its time. They hadn’t had one for a while, so I was curious to see how long it would take for them to find this one. So, while standing at the kitchen window, […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee During the blizzard that swept through our area last week, I was standing at my kitchen window, watching the bird feeders. To my surprise, even during the height of the storm, with heavy snowfall and howling winds, the birds kept coming to the feeding stations. “Tough little buggers,” […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee If you remember, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about all the birds that have been coming to our feeders, and I compared the situation with the Alfred Hitchcock thriller film, The Birds. Well, I have another chapter in that episode. I have noticed recently the high […]
by Roland D. Hallee Recently, two Canada lynx were found dead in northern Maine, spawning an investigation into why, and who, killed the predatory cat. The Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, was listed as threatened on March 24, 2004, by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. Canada lynx are medium-sized cats, generally 30-35 inches long […]